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Allied health professions are health care professions distinct from nursing, medicine, and pharmacy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=What is Allied Health? )〕 One source reported allied health professionals making up 60 percent of the total US health workforce.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=University of California San Francisco, Advancing the Allied Health Professions )〕 They work in health care teams to make the health care system function by providing a range of diagnostic, technical, therapeutic and direct patient care and support services that are critical to the other health professionals they work with and the patients they serve. ==Professions== In September 2012 the organisation of International Chief Health Professions Officers (ICHPO) provided an agreed definition of an Allied Health Professionals. "Allied Health Professions are a distinct group of health professionals who apply their expertise to prevent disease transmission, diagnose, treat and rehabilitate people of all ages and all specialities. Together with a range of technical and support staff they may deliver direct patient care, rehabilitation, treatment, diagnostics and health improvement interventions to restore and maintain optimal physical, sensory, psychological, cognitive and social functions." The International CHPO group is a network of Chief Officers with a professional and policy leadership role for Allied Health Professions and supports knowledge exchange and partnership working across the international community ICHPO member countries:- Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, England, Hong Kong (SAR), Malaysia, Malta, Namibia, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, Southern Ireland, Wales. Depending on the country and local health care system, a limited subset of the following professions (professional areas) may be represented, and may be regulated:〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://differentmedicalcareers.com/list-of-medical-careers/ )〕 The precise titles, roles and requisites of allied health professionals may vary considerably from country to country. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Allied health professions」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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